Greta Gerwig Eyes Little Women Adaptation With An Oscar-Winning Cast

Little Women

Greta Gerwig may direct aLittle Womenmovie adaptation that features multiple Oscar victor and Oscar nominees alike . Gerwig made her solo directorial debut on last year ’s Best Picture nominated coming of age dramedyLady Bird , after years of collaborate as a writer / actor with Noah Baumbach on acclaimed indie films likeFrances HaandMistress America . Sony originally recruit Gerwig to rewrite its developingLittle Womenfilm , but it seems the gifted fabricator is on the brink of formally pull to helm the project too .

piddling Women , of course , is based on Louisa May Alcott ’s dear novel ( which was published in the 1860s ) and focalize on the experience of the March sister ( Amy , Beth , Jo , and Meg ) as they come of years in early post - Civil War North America . Their tale has been adapted for TV , film , and even melodious dramatic art over the years , with one of the best - known adaption being Gillian Armstrong ’s 1994 flick starring Winona Ryder , Kirsten Dunst , Claire Danes , Susan Sarandon , and Christian Bale , among others name actors . It appears that Gerwig is eyeball a likewise headliner - stud cast for her ownLittle Womenfilm adaption .

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According toVariety , Oscar - get ahead machine Meryl Streep and bloke Academy Award winner Emma Stone are in talk for Gerwig’sLittle Womenadaptation , along with the director’sLady Birdstars Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet . The outlet further reports that Ronan would flirt Jo ( the protagonist of the tale ) , with Stone play Meg , Streep meet Marmee ( the March family matriarch ) , and Chalamet appear as Laurie Laurence ( the love stake character that Bale played in the 1994 film ) . Florence Pugh ( Lady Macbeth ) is also in talks to play Amy in the adaptation .

Assuming all of these pieces diminish into place as foreknow , Gerwig is expected to mark to go filmingLittle Womenas shortly as the 2nd one-half of this year . That would set the motion picture on its way to becoming an accolade season contender in next year ’s race - or failing that , a esteemed end of year celluloid release for Sony . Timing should work out nicely too , what with most of the pic ’s dramatis personae either coming off shoot big project ( see Ronan inMary Queen of Scotsand Streep inBig Little Liesseason 2 ) or part - way through their current ventures already ( see Chalamet on onNetflix ’s now - filmingThe Billie Jean King ) .

All in all , Gerwig sound like a great pick to bringLittle Womenback to the big covert . The story hits upon many of the same coming of long time root that Gerwig has excelled at tackle in the past times , and her attention to detail in realizing the stage setting of her motion picture ( see Sacramento inLady Bird , for exemplar ) would further serve the time period dramatic play well from a production design stand . With Gerwig at the helm and the cast she already has run along up , it ’s difficult to imagineLittle Womennot being something special when it strike theaters .